Programmable MOS device formed by stressing polycrystalline silicon

摘要

A programmable memory circuit and a method for programming the same are disclosed. A polycrystalline silicon resistor pair are used in a programmable memory cell. The pair includes a first polycrystalline silicon resistor stressable by a predetermined current thereacross, and a second polycrystalline silicon resistor similarly structured as the first polycrystalline silicon resistor stressable by the predetermined current, wherein when only the first resistor is stressed by the predetermined current, a resistance of the first resistor is lowered as compared to the unstressed second resistor, thereby programming the memory cell.